Lemania TG195 - New arrival!

Northernman

And my post #3000 was one on Lemania.... Shock!?
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Northernman

Not if you find a civilian "demo version" directly from the source.... That is if they made more than one.....
I highlighted the hacking lever in the first movement shot.

Darlinboy

I must find a good Swedish watch hunter. 😗

Northernman

There are several of them in here..... Lemania was a relatively strong brand in Sweden. Here in Norway it was Omega and Heuer that had the upper hand in terms of military watches.

Northernman

After a few days of torture waiting for the mail men to do their job 😉 I finally have this one in hand. 😁
A Swedish military watch with the lovely and very interesting caliber 2225.

Here is some information I have found along the way:

But first to kill another eBay myth: This is not a "bomb squad watch"!
I have a theory that this "truth" was established due to over extensive use of Google Translate or something. The watch was used in general by the Swedish military, and is said to have been specifically designed with artillery officers in mind. Artillerymen definitely would handle a few "bombs" in their careers, but to call it the bomb-squad is a bit far fetched. 😵‍💫
Now, I do not claim that some bomb squad guys could not have use for the unique complication of the TG195, however there is no evidence I have seen so far (and I do read Swedish on the same level as my own native language) to support any such claim. But again I may be wrong?

Now to the watch:
The case is looking very much like the contemporary one-pusher chronographs used by the RAF and others. They also share the same basic movement which is the Lemania caliber 222x (15TL). Omega used this design as caliber 33.3 / 170 / 171.

The thing people often get wrong is what function this specific caliber holds. The caliber 2225 is based on a chronograph, but is not really that in the sense that it has no counters or sub-dials of any kind. So why the "chronograph pusher"?

Well the easiest way to explain why it is there is to tell what it does:
When one push the "chronograph pusher" the seconds hand reverts to the "zero/12 o'clock" position like a fly-back chronograph would do, however there is one more trick that I have not seen anywhere else: The setting crown is, by the same press of the button, also popped out.
Since the movement also is hacking (stopping when the crown is in the out position), you have a seconds hand that is zeroed, and you can set your desired time.
The clock starts running again at the exact time the crown is pressed back in.
In practical use this is great. If a group of people carrying these watches meet, they can all synchronize their watches to the second very easily. Handy when you want to bomb someone according to a precision timed schedule, bad if your wife also holds one and you are late for a meeting a bit later on!

By the way, "TG" stands for "Tids Givare" or in directly translated English: "Time Giver". As for the number 195 I have no clue!

(Still waiting for some leather NATO to arrive, hence the pictures on a cheap nylon one.)

A big thank you to Martin marturx for leading me in to this irresistible temptation, and for a perfect transaction!
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Maker: Lemania
Caliber: 2225 (in house) 15-ligne 18.000 a/h.
Dimensions: 40mm wide (w/o crown), 47mm lug-lug, 14mm thick.
Lug width: 20mm (fixed bars)
Year of manufacture: 1958-? (1963 is a guess).
In use: Exclusive to the Swedish armed forces from 1958 and up into the 1980's.
Production numbers: Not too many! Sweden is a small and peaceful country!😗

maanu

Found my 4th one today. I think I am one of the fan of TG195.

maanu

Noted down. I am looking for 55, 56 as I have now 2 of 58.